Apparatus for wall-paper hanging



No. 62I,595. Patented Mar. 2|, I899.

G. BEAL.

APPARATUS FOR WALL PAPER HANGING.

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GRANT BEAL, OF LADDONIA, MISSOURI.

APPARATUS FOR WALL-PAPER HANGING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,595, dated March21, 1899.

Application filed March 12, 1 89 B- To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, GRANT BEAL, a citizenv of the United States,residing at Laddonia, in

the county of Audrain, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Apparatus for W'all-Paper Hanging, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to theaccom-. panying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a certain new and useful apparatus forpaper-hangin g. As now practiced the paper-hangerthat is, the one who makes abusiness of papering the walls and ceilings of rooms--when he papers thewalls must apply the paste to the paper upon a table or scaffoldprovided for that purpose and then, with each strip of paper, must mountupon a step-ladder to carry the paper to the top of the wall, whichisdone with great inconvenience and labor, and when papering the ceilingof the room must erect a scaffold to bring himself within working reachof the ceiling. To obviate the difficulty and expense of erecting ascafiold and the labor and time of carrying each strip of paper up astepladder to place it on the wall, in my apparatus is provided themeans by which the operator, standing on the floor of the room, mayapply the paper to all parts of the wall or ceiling. To accomplish this,my invention consists of certain features of novelty hereinafter de:scribed, and pointed out in the claims Figure I represents a perspectiveView of my apparatus. Fig. II represents a crosssection of the same onthe line 00 0c of Fig. I. Fig. III represents a detail view of the stripcontrolling the flow of the paste upon the Similar numerals refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views.

1 represents a frame having a cross-bar 2, arranged to be mounted on astaif 3, which slides vertically in the head 4: of the tripod 5, mountedon rollers 65. On the frame is mounted a roll of paper 7 on the roller 8and thence passing over the rollers 9 and 10 on the frame and therollers11, 12, and 13, mounted on the brackets 14 above the frame.

15 represents a paste-box mounted on the frame contiguous to the roller9, having a narrow opening 16 in its bottom and provided Serial No.673,597. (No model.)

with a lip 17, so arranged that a' thin film of paste will pass betweenit and the paper on the roller 9.

18 represents a paste-controlling strip or guide adj ustably secured onthe cross-bar 19 by the screws 20 in the slots 21 and arranged toimpinge on the paper as it passes over roller 9 to remove thesuperfluous paste and insure an even distribution of the paste upon thepaper.

22 represents a spring arranged to bear upon the roll of paper andprevent undue slack in the paper as it unrolls therefrom.

In operation the paper from the roll 7 is carried over the roller 9, inpassing around which it receives a thin coating of paste from thepaste-box, the lip 17 providing for the application of an even thin filmof paste thereto in passing and the strip 18 preventing the unevenaccumulation or thick spots of the paste upon the paper. Said strip 18is made adjustable to accommodate it to the slight differences in thethickness of the different grades of paper.

Fromroller 9 the paper is passed around the roller 10 and thence up andover the rollers 11,12, and 13, when by pressing the paper betweenroller 13 and the wall and moving the apparatus up over the wall thepaper will adhere to the wall and be drawn out off the roll, and thusthe papering will be done evenly and smoothly. It is obvious that inpapering the walls either the roller 13 or 11 may be used, thedifference being that in using roller 13 it should start at the bottomand work up, and in using roller 11 it would be necessary to start atthe top and move down; and in papering the ceiling the start at theangle of the wall and ceiling is made with the roller 13 for a shortdistance and the force is then applied to the roller 12 and the stripfinished at the angle of the other wall with the roller 11, theapparatus being carried up to the ceiling by extending the staff 3 upthrough the head of the tripod and retaining ita't the proper height bythe key 23 passing through the staff, and is then carried over theceiling by moving the tripod on its rollers over the floor, the legs ofthe tripod being so arranged that the device may be carried closely tothe wall and the paper pasted closely at the angle of the walls andceiling.

It is apparent that the bracket 14: and the rollers 11, 12, and 13 mightbe omitted and the paper applied to the wall by the rollerllO. Thiswould make a convenient form for pa poring the walls, but would not beas desirable and eifective for papering the ceiling as the form with thebracket and its rollers.

Having thus fully described my apparatus, What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An apparatus for wall-paper hanging, consisting of a frame arrangedto carry a roll of Wall-paper, a paste-box mounted on said frame havinga narrow opening in the bottom thereof, a roller on the frame arrangedto carry the paper from the roll across the opening in the paste-box, alip on the paste-box extending below said opening arranged to controlthe deposit of paste upon the paper, an adjustable strip impinging onthe paper below said opening arranged to control the even spread of thepaste upon the paper, a roller mounted on the frame arranged to carrythe paper away from the paste-box, and a series of rollers mounted abovethe frame arranged to carry the paper over the wall and ceiling,substantially as set forth.

2. An apparatus for wall-paper hanging consisting of a frame arranged tocarry a roll of paper, a paste-box mounted on the frame having a narrowopening in the bottom thereof, a roller on the frame arranged to carrythe paper from the roll across the opening in the paste-box, a rollermounted on the frame arranged to carry the paper away from thepaste-box, a bracket mounted over the frame, and a series of rollersmounted on said bracket arranged to carry the paper over the ceilingsubstantially as set forth.

3.- An apparatus for wall-paper hanging consisting of the combinationwith a frame arranged to carry a roll of wall-paper, a pastebox mountedon the frame having a narrow openingin the bottom thereof, a roller mounted on the frame arranged to carry the paper from the roll across theopening in the paste box, a lip on the paste-box extending below saidopening arranged to control the deposit of paste upon the paper, anadjustable strip impinging on the paper below said opening arranged tocontrol the even spread of the paste upon the paper, and a rollermounted on the frame arranged to carry the paper away from thepaste-box,of a bracket mounted. over the frame and a series of rollersmounted in said bracket arranged to carry the paper over the walls andceiling substantially as set forth.

GRANT BEAL. lVitnesses:

J. G. HOFFMAN, J. T. YOUNG.

